Here is a compendium of twenty-one exciting games with something for all the family. The selection comprises a combination of old favourites such as Alien Invaders, Squash and Bobsleigh, and exciting new ideas including Commando Jump, Across the Ravine and Sheepdog Trials. There are also computer implementations of the traditional pastimes, Noughts and Crosses and Dice, a challenging board game, Capture the Quark, and a conversational game in which you can talk to your Oric. Full use is made of the Oric's colour graphics, its sound and its special facilities. All the programs are fully tested and crash-proofed, and listed straight from working versions. The special feature of this book is that it aims to develop your own programming techniques at the same time as providing you with a selection of high quality BASIC games. To this end each program is well documented with a clear outline of its subroutine structure and an explanation of the special techniques employed. This book not only shows you how to play the games and enjoy them, it enables you to improve your BASIC programming by letting you in on 'trade secrets' professional programmers use.